My Ultimate Burger

Posted on January 2, 2013

I love Burgers. I could quite happily munch away on them every day (minus the fact my arteries would explode if I actually did!). They are my weakness along with a good Pizza. I woke up one morning craving a good Home-Made Burger so I decided to go out at buy the ingredients to make my own Ultimate Burger. I also blame James for this. His Burger Blog teases me daily and I swear I can hear it whispering my name!

So how do you go about creating your very own Ultimate Burger? Well it’s simple if you think about it. You choose what type of meat patty you want, the toppings you’d like, the sauce and the perfect bun to hold it all together. I knew my Ultimate Burger would be beef, include bacon, a spicy tangy sauce, lettuce, onions and some sort of good quality bun. After hunting down all my ingredients and re-kindling my love for Whole Foods Market in Giffnock, I created my Ultimate Burger.

1. Combine all the Burger Patty ingredients together in a bowl. Cover and let it chill in the fridge for an hour. Once chilled, shape the mixture into 4 patties. Heat a frying pan (or a griddle pan if you have one), brush both sides of the burgers with oil and cook for 3-4 minutes each side.

2. Preheat the grill, top each burger with cheese and grill for 2 minutes until melted. Toast the Burger Buns until lightly golden.

3. Combine all ingredients for the Secret Sauce in a mini blender until smooth. Spread some of the mix over the base of each bun.

4. Add the fried prosciutto ham, the burger, red onion and dill pickle slices, some mushrooms, rocket leaves and then the other half of the burger bun. I’d recommend getting a rather large cocktail/kebab stick to hold it all together as it’s pretty big! Server with Fries and smalls bowl of Ketchup and Secret Sauce for dipping.